03/20/2026
Introducing our third calf of 2026, "Lucky." This heifer was born Friday, March 13, and weighed 84 pounds. She was a big girl considering she was born 12 days early. Lucky is out of our 14-year-old W B Seri 464B cow that we purchased many moons ago at the Evergreen Exclusive in Washington. Her sire is RL Justice, a bull we have never previously used, and one we wouldn't have selected normally. Our two regular A.I. technicians were not available the day two of our cows came into heat, so the person who bred the cows that day only had one Black Angus bull in their semen tank -- RL Justice. It will be interesting to see how this girl does compared to the other calves. "Lucky" got her name because she was lucky Sandra went back to check on a couple of the cows the evening of the 13th. She thought she heard something and noticed our yearling steers and heifers behaving oddly. She checked and discovered a baby calf laying in the mud. We typically move our cows in the barn 10 days before their due date, so Seri was still out in a muddy area when she unexpectedly calved. We picked the calf up (despite a threatening, charging mad mama cow), got it out of the mud, and into a warm, dry barn, where she has flourished ever since. In all honesty, Lucky is probably lucky to be alive.
